Ling Lan looked at Li Lanfeng coldly. She hoped that Li Lanfeng would understand her gaze and not probe further any further. Truth be told, she hadn"t thought of a way out of this lie. Lies could be said, but once you said the first lie, you would need more and more lies to cover up the first lie. It was tiring and nothing good would come out of it.

In the past, Ling Lan"s cold gaze would have instantly caused Li Lanfeng to give up. However, this time, Li Lanfeng insisted on finding the truth. Even if Ling Lan might be angry, he still wanted to find the truth.

"Rabbit, I know this rule is not pa.s.sed down by your ancestors. If not, General Ling would not have married your mother when he was 26 years old." Li Lanfeng did much research on this matter. He even went to the extent of digging up the story between General Ling and Lan Luofeng.

Ling Lan knew that once Li Lanfeng decided to investigate something, it would be hard to fool him. Ling Lan noticed the determined light in Li Lanfeng"s eyes. He wouldn"t let go unless he got an answer, making Ling Lan felt a little helpless.

"I should think of an excuse now." Ling Lan"s head started hurting. It was hard to fool someone so cunning.

Ling Lan thought for a moment. She apologized to her mother silently and said, "Cough, you know that my father is a very busy man so he rarely has time to accompany my mother. Thus, my mother is very bored at home, so she placed all her attention on me."

Li Lanfeng frowned. "Is she urging you to marry?"

Ling Lan said in a helpless tone, "It"s fine if she just wants me to marry someone. She"s just too bored, so she wanted to have a grandson."

"No, if she just wanted to have a grandson, she wouldn"t let you marry a man." Li Lanfeng was a meticulous person. He immediately noticed the loophole in Ling Lan"s words.

"Li Lanfeng, you still don"t understand what my mother"s real motive is…" Ling Lan shook her head. "My mother just wants a good reason to force me to have a child."

This statement was half-true and half-lie. Ling Lan still hadn"t given up the thought of robbing the sperm bank.

"Huh?!" Li Lanfeng was dumbstruck. He couldn"t imagine the traditional and gentle Senior Colonel Lan having such open thoughts.

"Did Senior Colonel Lan set this rule?" Li Lanfeng was finally enlightened. "And General Ling didn"t reject it?"

"My father always listens to my mother for such small matters." Ling Lan pouted. What she said was a lie but if her mother really gave her this rule, her father would definitely support her mother. He might even help her mother to make devious plans. As long as he didn"t need to betray his country, her subservient father wouldn"t reject her mother.

"Actually, you don"t have to worry about the gender of a doctor. Senior Colonel Lan will understand." Li Lanfeng didn"t want Ling Lan to marry so haphazardly. He hoped that Ling Lan would have a harmonious family in the future and not marry for political reasons.

"If my mother could be fooled so easily, my father wouldn"t have fallen for my mother. He only has one woman in his life and that is my mother." Ling Lan apologized to her father silently too for dragging him in this mess.

"So that"s why," Li Lanfeng murmured, as he seemed to understand why Ling Lan never bathed with anyone. His resting place was always guarded heavily. Every time he appeared, he was always dressed properly.

"If that"s the case, why did you reject Li Shiyu?" Since there was such a rule, why couldn"t it be Li Shiyu? Why did she choose Luo Chao and Han Xuya?

"I don"t like men," Ling Lan replied with an expressionless face but inside, her heart was crying. She hadn"t found a man she liked but she wasn"t gay too. The situation was dire at that time so she had no choice but to use this excuse to chase Li Shiyu away. However, she caused her two beloved younger sisters to sink into her lie.

When she woke up after her treatment, she regretted what she did. Her mind was in a whirl at that time so she lost her ability to think carefully. That was why she gave such a low-level excuse.

Li Lanfeng was stunned by Ling Lan"s reply. "Rabbit is not my destined king."

Li Lanfeng had suspected that Ling Lan was his destined king. After all, among the comrades around him, he was the only one that resembled a king the most. At first, he suspected Qiao Ting. However, Qiao Ting had no chance of becoming a king now. Li Lanfeng thought about how calm Ling Lan was after looking at his face and felt that he was thinking too much. Now, after Ling Lan proclaimed that he didn"t like men, he felt that the possibility of him being his destined king was zero.

Yet, for some reason, Li Lanfeng wasn"t happy. He felt complicated and a strange feeling started engulfing his heart.

"What do you do now?" "Is Rabbit really planning to marry one of the two ladies?" Li Lanfeng felt frustrated when he thought about this possibility.

"If I"m not able to stand beside Rabbit, no one can! Not even his wife!"

This sudden thought astounded Li Lanfeng. He felt puzzled. He knocked his forehead and forced himself to remain calm.

"I would only choose the option that benefits me the most. However, I"ll take care of this matter. Let me think about it." Ling Lan frowned.

She didn"t intend to bring Han Xuya and Luo Chao into her lie. She didn"t want to harm their futures. She needed to think of a plan to solve this problem. If not, she would be unable to sleep properly.

"Yes, you have to think about it properly," Li Lanfeng agreed with what Ling Lan said.

He was speaking to himself too. He needed to think about why he had such weird emotions.

With many thoughts in his mind, Li Lanfeng bid farewell to Ling Lan. Ling Lan was relieved that Li Lanfeng didn"t probe further. She managed to overcome this crisis.

"Little Four, do you think I should take this chance to declare that my injuries are too serious to be treated and retire from the army?" Ling Lan had thoughts of retiring. After this war, her comrades would be able to gain many merits and attain a higher position. They would be able to take care of themselves. So, it was probably time for her to leave.

"Boss, I"ll listen to you." Little Four didn"t have any opinions about the matter. The military was fun but the world outside the military was interesting too.

In a forest occupied by Hailiya, more than ten damaged mechas sat together in a circle.

The mecha operators of these mechas stood in the middle of the circle and were cooking some small beasts they found in the forest. These small beasts would satisfy their hunger for tonight.

"This is the last self-heating agent." One of the mecha operators sighed. He wouldn"t be able to eat hot food from now on.

"Don"t worry. Our reinforcements are here. Unfortunately, we are too far away from the base so we can"t contact them. If not, our regiment commander will save us." One of the older mecha operators was confident.

At this moment, a young mecha operator looked up and asked curiously. "Uncle Sun, can you tell us which mecha clan do you come from?"

At that time, they were being chased by an ace mecha clan of the Hailiya army. When they were about to be caught up by the mecha clan, they met four mecha operators who came from the 23rd division. They managed to kill the mecha operators from the ace mecha clan and save them. From then on, they followed the four mecha operators and moved behind their enemies, hiding from them. Even until today, they still felt that they were in a dream.

The man called Uncle Sun smiled. "What"s there to talk about? Aren"t we all from the 23rd division?"

"Uncle Sun, please tell us. I don"t believe that you come from a normal ace mecha clan." That young mecha operator wanted to know where his life savior came from so he kept asking Uncle Sun.

"Ah Luo, don"t get overboard," another cold-looking young man said to him.

"Yes, Brother Huo." The young man called Ah Luo lowered his head in disappointment.

"Brother Huo, I want to know too. If I can, I would like to join Uncle Sun"s mecha clan," another young man suddenly opened his mouth.

Ah Luo raised his head instantly when he heard someone supporting him. His eyes lit up as he said excitedly, "See, Brother Huo, even Feng-ming wants to know." He turned and placed his palms together. He pleaded, "Uncle Sun, please stop hiding it from. Please kindly tell us."

Brother Huo saw how determined his team members were so he looked apologetically at Uncle Sun.

The man called Uncle Sun looked at his three other comrades. They all nodded in approval. After this one week of interaction with these nine young mecha operators, they acknowledged their abilities and characters.

"Since you all want to know, I"ll tell you. Don"t think too highly of us," Uncle Sun smiled. "We"re really from an ordinary mecha clan. We are from the 250 Ace Mecha Clan that is stationed at Base 013."

Uncle Sun was one of the four people that helped Ling Lan to escape. They couldn"t catch up with Ling Lan, so they were surrounded by many Hailiya mechas. Thus, they had no choice but to remain in the second line of defense. After some time, they met these nine young men who lost their sense of direction as they were being chased by their enemies.

"250 Ace Mecha Clan?" Brother Huo was surprised.

"It looks like you"ve heard about our mecha clan before." Uncle Sun laughed. The people that knew about their mecha clan would know that they were a useless and infamous mecha clan.

"Yes, I know that all the mecha operators in 250 Ace Mecha Clan used to be the best mecha operators of the Federation. All of them had achieved many military merits before," the cold-looking young man said seriously. He knew the condition of 250 Ace Mecha Clan but he never looked down on them. They might not be able to control mechas now but their merits were real.

"Yes, you"re right. The mecha operators in 250 Ace Mecha Clan used to be the best mecha operators in the Federation. However, they"ve all become useless mecha operators. It"s an infamous mecha clan now." Sun Yaofei remembered how he was thrown to the 23rd division like a pile of rubbish. His heart ached uncontrollably. He knew that they were just a burden as they couldn"t operate a mecha anymore but the actions of their past mecha clans still hurt them deeply.

"Ah!" The other eight young men, who didn"t know about the details of 250 Ace Mecha Clan, were dumbfounded. They didn"t know that these powerful mecha operators had such a past.

"It used to be called 250 Mecha Clan because there are 250 useless mecha operators in the mecha clan." Sun Yaofei felt irritated when he thought of the meaning behind their name.

"But now, you should be an imperial mecha operator, right?" Brother Huo didn"t get distracted by Sun Yaofei"s words. From the moment he saw these old mecha operators, he knew that they were not at elite ace. They must be higher than the elite ace level. If not, they wouldn"t be able to kill a 12-man ace mecha team.

"Zhenyu, you have good eyesight." Sun Yaofei didn"t deny it. "However, I just manage to advance to imperial level after this battle."

Surprisingly, the people Sun Yaofei saved were Huo Zhenyu and his friends. They fought with Ling Lan before.

Sun Yaofei briefly explained to them how they had helped their regiment commander escaped. Huo Zhenyu and his comrades listened attentively. They wished that they could watch the heroic and dangerous battle personally.

"Regiment Commander Ling is really an outstanding commander," Huo Zhenyu exclaimed. Huo Zhenyu was sent to a base in the central region. Unfortunately, the commanding officer of his base didn"t have Regiment Commander Ling"s capabilities. They didn"t manage to last for long before their base was destroyed. He got separated from his mecha clan. But, he was lucky enough to manage to escape with his team.

"Yes. Our Regiment Commander Ling is a powerful and capable person. I think that he is even younger than all of you. He is the strongest youth I"ve ever met," Sun Yaofei said proudly.

Huo Zhenyu had a sudden thought. He remembered Ling Lan.

He controlled his emotions and asked calmly, "Uncle Sun, what is the name of your regiment commander?"

"Very simple. He has only one word as his given name. He"s called Ling Lan," Sun Yaofei replied.

"Ah!" A few people in Huo Zhenyu"s team shouted in surprise.

Sun Yaofei narrowed his eyes. "You know our regiment commander?"

Huo Zhenyu gave a bitter smile. "Of course. He is our junior."

Sun Yaofei slapped his forehead. He laughed and said, "Oh right. I almost forgot that you all came from the First Men"s Military Academy. Tell me, is our regiment commander a famous character in the military academy?" Sun Yaofei was very interested to know about this. If he managed to get some information, he would be able to gossip with his comrades after he goes back to his mecha clan.

Huo Zhenyu smiled forcefully, "As someone who was able to control all the factions of the military academy, I can"t think of anyone more famous than him."

He didn"t expect the other person to be so far ahead of him. They might never be able to fulfill the promised battle.